Two Cases of Waardenburg's Syndrome.
- Author:
Yeon Sung MOON
1
;
Jae Chan KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Choong-Ang University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Adult;
Deafness;
Female;
Genetic Diseases, Inborn;
Humans;
Hyperplasia;
Male;
Nose;
Waardenburg Syndrome*;
Young Adult
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
1986;27(4):735-740
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Waardenburg's syndrome is a very rare hereditary disease with the outstanding clinical characteristics including lateral displacement of the medial canthi of the eyes and of the inferior lacrimal puncta, a broad, prominent root of the nose, hyperplasia of the medial protions of the eye-brows, white or grey forelock, partial or total heterochromia of the irides, and neurosensory deaf-mutism. The authors recently experienced two cases of Waardenburg's syndrome in a 25 year old female and a 20 year old male. So, the literature of the Waardenburg's syndrome was briefly reviewed with clinical history.
